Sons of God

Spend time reading and marking up Gal 3:26-4:7

26You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, 27for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
1What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate. 2He is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father. 3So also, when we were children, we were in slavery under the basic principles of the world. 4But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, 5to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons. 6Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, Father." 7So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir.

Questions:
What does it mean to be a child of God (look through the passage again)?

Look in Verse 6, what does the Spirit of his Son do?

Look in Verse 7, why is this important?


Things to reflect on:
I remember being in Taiwan for missions and meeting many children there that were so precious and cute. There was one particular girl that had tons of energy and was extremely pretty. I later found out that she had been adopted by one of the pastors of the church. The family told me that her biological parents had put her up for adoption on the internet. That BROKE my heart. This young girl even remembered her parents not wanting her anymore because they were too busy. But when I talked to this girl, she told me that she had a new mommy and daddy. She was now their child and she was so happy. Do we understand what it means to be in the loving arms of God who is a father that will always love us and care for us? Do we understand what it means to have rights as a child of God? I hope that we would take some time and just be so broken before a God that loves us so much and how it touches our heart that we have a God that we can call “Abba, Father” – just like that young girl could call her new adopted father – “daddy”.

Spend some time in prayer
Wednesday: Pray for friends (inside and outside church)
Pray for your friend’s busy-ness and that they will look to God for strength. Especially during the busy winter season